We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.

A strenuous soul hates cheap success. It is the ardor of the assailant that makes the vigor of the defendant.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

It is true that genius takes its rise out of the mountains of rectitude; that all beauty and power which men covet are somehow born out of that Alpine district; that any extraordinary degree of beauty in man or woman involves a moral charm.

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.